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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Russia	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	147,218	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	146,600	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	145,980	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	145,310	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	144,652	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	144,071	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,522	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	143,053	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	142,809	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	142,746	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	142,789	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	142,853	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	142,964	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	143,205	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	143,510	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	146,094	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	146,410	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	146,678	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	146,846	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	146,834	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	146,768	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	146,463	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	145,849	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	146,693	3,570	530

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.